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Friday, 22 January 2010 23:49 |
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MEXICO DC, La Jornada 14/01/2010 - Edition ACPress.net
 Religious intolerance continues to generate violence in Mexico, especially in the state of Chiapas. On Wednesday, some 200 indigenous Catholic community of Los Llanos destroyed 13 homes of Protestant families who refuse to cooperate to hold traditional religious festivals. The attacking group began tearing down the homes of indigenous evangelical on Wednesday 13 January, leaving homeless more than 50 people, including several children, who spent the night outdoors in the intense cold of the area. Radical Catholics were led by the Ejido Commissariat, Jesus Perez-Diaz, the agent Municipal Manuel Pérez Díaz, Alejandro Gómez Díaz of the Supervisory Board and the catechist Teltuc Domingo Diaz.
Pastor Esdras Alonso Gonzalez denounced this new case of violence against those who defend their faith in Christ, and reported that the victims filed a criminal complaint.
Gonzalez recalled that the destruction of a temple in the name Alas de Aguila, last May, remains unpunished. He warned that the parishioners of the congregation will not leave the community, located about 25 kilometers from San Cristobal.
For his part, Pastor Alejandro Cruz Ton, Church of Eagle Wings, confirmed that preliminary investigation arose number 166/2009 for the destruction of the evangelical church, but that "the authorities have done nothing about it."
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Friday, 18 December 2009 01:08 |
Concierto Navideño 2009
La iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer te invita al concierto Navideño 2009, donde se llevará acabo en el Multiforo "Ollin-Kan" a las 17:00hrs, este 22 de Diciembre, Entrada Libre!!
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Friday, 06 November 2009 16:16 |
 Between 1.5 and 3 million evangelicals (as yet) gathered to participate in a "March for Jesus", an annual event sponsored by the Evangelical Church, of which the best known member is the Brazilian soccer player Kaka, who in This time not attended by his football commitments with Real Madrid. In Venezuela "only" about 300,000 faithful gathered evangelicals. The annual march, carried out for 17 years, brings together hundreds of followers of evangelical churches across Brazil and dozens of musical groups, preachers and celebrities. The Military Police (PM) from Sao Paulo said more than one and half million people marched and rallied in the Campo de Bagatelle, but later, to accompany the final religious ceremony, the number of faithful turned and went up to three million , said later the military.
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Friday, 16 October 2009 14:30 |
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 The number of Salvadorans who profess the evangelical Christian faith almost doubled in 11 years, rising from 20.6% to 38.2% of the population while the percentage of Catholics dropped from 55.2% to 50.4 % over the same period, said a national survey.
The survey, developed by the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA, run by Jesuits) between 12 and 26 June, 1,260 people consulted to determine the "affiliation and religious practice" of Salvadorans, according to a statement released by the institution education this past October 12.
50.4% of respondents admitted that professes Catholicism while 38.2% declared their membership of any evangelical church, the report said.
Comparing these results with other similar survey carried out by the same AAU in 1998 found that in 11 years the number of Catholics decreased by 4.8 percentage points, while the evangelicals grew at 17.6 points.
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Monday, 12 October 2009 14:40 |
 On the night of October 3 included the opening of the new temple of the Church Family Worship Center, with a special service of dedication. Chaired the emotional celebration pastors Emilio and Bethania Abreu. With this opening officially opens the largest audience of Paraguay, which when completed will house 20 thousand people.
With songs and praises, thousands of people participated in the inauguration of the new headquarters of Family Worship Center (CFA), located near the center of Asuncion, the capital of Paraguay. During the inauguration, Emilio Abreu pastor, church leader, said "the building of this temple reflects our faith in God and the rapid growth of people who share our beliefs."
Abreu also mentioned that many people can not believe they could build a building so imposing. He stressed that "when there is faith reach great goals."
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